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Job seekers lined up in 90-degree heat to take part in the Congressional Black Caucus’s job fair at Atlanta Technical College. 6

Students from Arabia Mountain High School explored nature up close while participating in monthlong LEAF internships. 8

William “Bill” Powell, the first African-American to build, own and operate a golf course, is one of the sport’s featured in an exhibit at CNN. 9

Sign of the times

Into the woods

Tribute to groundbreakers

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Volume 17, Number 16

Lone finalist for DeKalb superintendent faces opposition

By Carla Parker

Consensus around the choice of Dr. Cheryl Atkinson as DeKalb School System’s next superintendent is already falling apart.

The school board announced on Aug. 12 that it has picked Atkinson, who is superintendent of the Lorain School District in Ohio, as its only finalist for the position that has been vacant since Cheryl Atkinson February 2010.

But the announcement was barely public before two board members – Don McChesney and Nancy Jester – had publicly aired their opposition to Atkinson.

In separate April 14 emails to residents that were posted on the DeKalb School Watch Blog, McChesney, the District

After a legally mandated 14-day review process that began on Aug. 15, DeKalb School Board members are expected to vote on hiring Atkinson on Aug. 29.

If approved, she will take office before Oct. 1.

Atkinson was one of four candidates interviewed in this round. In March, the School Board picked three finalists for the job, but they all withdrew their names from consideration.

Atkinson, a 30-year educator, has been the Lorain system’s superintendent since 2007. She is a former associate and regional superintendent of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, and deputy superintendent of the Kansas City, Mo., School District. She also worked with the Charleston City Schools district in South Carolina.

DeKalb Schools spokesman Rodney Jenkins said on

“This is the most important decision that has been made since I came on the board. We need to get it right based on an informed study of the facts available. It is too serious to go with only your ‘gut feeling.’”

Don McChesney

2 board member and Jester, who represents District 1, said they could not support the Atkinson.

Before coming to the attention of DeKalb School Board, Atkinson had been a finalist for superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools before that system aborted its process and hired an interim superintendent to see it through its cheating scandal.

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Bus Station For I-20, But No Rail DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis and members of the county’s delegation confer on Monday as the regional transportation Executive Committee votes to recommend projects.

Recommended $225 million in funding falls short

By Carla Parker and Mary Swint

DeKalb’s I-20 Rail Project made it onto the recommended list of projects for the 2012 transportation referendum, but for a fraction of the funds needed to build the 5.4-mile rail project from the Indian Creek MARTA station to Wesley Chapel Road.

For the recommended $225 million, MARTA officials said the area would get preliminary engineering and final design for rail and four park-and-transit centers for buses, but that those centers could be turned into rail stops later.

MARTA CEO Beverly Scott, who briefed the DeKalb Board of Commissioners this week, said MARTA cannot yet say what the mode and alignment will be for the recommended funds.

“Regardless of the mode, the key points to serve will be Stonecrest, Candler Road, Wesley Chapel and Fairington,” she told them at an Aug. 16 meeting.

The addition of the I-20 Rail Project to the list of $6.14 billion projects recommended Aug. 15 by the Atlanta Regional Transportation Roundtable Executive Committee followed a week of agitation by a coalition of residents and elected officials.

The coalition, which held an Aug. 9 news conference and had members speak before the Executive Committee meeting that same day, had threatened to work to defeat the referendum if I-20 was not on the list for the full Roundtable’s Oct. 15 vote.

On Aug. 15, the committee recommended $225 million for the I-20 Rail Project, which is estimated to cost $500 million to build.

While the allocated amount is not enough to build the project, DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis said it was significant progress.

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“It was a step in the right direction but it won’t pass public muster. It was just politics. There are limited funds for limitless amount of needs. I-20 was left off.”

“I think we moved the ball forward. We were able to get that funded at a significant level from zero funding just in a week or so.”

“We still want rail; that is my stand. People have been waiting in line for a long time. We’ve been regional for a long time.

We won’t settle.”

Lee May

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Larry Johnson

“I think we moved the ball forward,” he said after the list was announced. “We were able to get that funded at a significant level from zero funding just in a week or so.”

Ellis said he also was pleased that $600 million was allocated for MARTA state of good repair and station enhancements.

The day after the vote, DeKalb commissioners expressed disappointment and frus-

tration with the vote and the process during a briefing with MARTA CEO Beverly Scott.

District 5 Commissioner Lee May, who attended the Executive Committee meeting where the recommended list was voted on, said he was one of those people who did not applaud when the vote was taken.

“It was a step in the right direction but it won’t pass public muster,” he said. “It was just

politics. There are limited funds for limitless amount of needs. I-20 was left off.”

District 3 Commissioner Larry Johnson said DeKalb County did everything required.

“We did the concept plans, the charts, environmental studies,” Johnson said. “The Please see RAIL, page 5

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More than 40 exhibitors showcased their goods and services while adult and child performers entertained the crowd.

High flying fun at the 2011 Family & Back-to-School Expo

High-flying Conservatory of Dance students perform for the crowd at the back-to-school expo. The school is celebrating its 16th anniversary and plans special events throughout the anniversary year.

An expo participant checks out a Southern Smiles family dentistry brochure. The practice, on Bill Kennedy Way in Atlanta, is now accepting new patients.

A participant takes advantage of free blood pressure checks provided by Georgia Preventive Health. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, disproportionately affects African-Americans.

Ida Creal (left) and grand prize winner Beverly James of Lithonia are all smiles. James won a four-day, three-night stay at the Coconut Bay Beach Resort on St. Lucia.

A youngster measures up at the Children’s Healthcare at Hughes Spalding station at the family expo.

Samuel Granderson, a student at Cornerstone Leadership Academy, signs a pledge of perfect attendance.

Jabias “Da Kidd” Mitchell (right) shows off his rapping skills. He also models and acts and will appear on two BET sitcoms this fall.

Greta Prince, Essence R&B Star search winner, wows the crowd at the expo.

Members of Still Waters Youth Sinfo-Nia Orchestra perform at the Mall at Stonecrest during the Aug. 13 expo.

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“The people of DeKalb County are tired of being ignored, looked over and in the words of one DeKalb resident, ‘disrespected.’ ”

Rally 4 Rail events to garner support for I-20 Supporters of rapid transit are hosting a number of Rally 4 Rail events and encouraging residents to show up at transportation meetings through Oct. 14 to push for a bigger share of the proposed transportation referendum fundings.

In the wake of the Regional Executive Committee’s recommendations this week of a 55-45 split for transit and transportation projects, and a proposed allocation of only $225 million for the I-20 Rail Project, some DeKalb commissioners issued a community alert Thursday to make residents aware of the high stakes.

District 3 Commissioner Larry Johnson said residents, business owners, clergy members – everyone – must put out a concerted effort to raise the awareness not only in the

community but among the members of the Executive Roundtable that a 1-cent sales tax will not be acceptable unless and until there is a guarantee that the I-20 East Rail Project is funded.

The full Roundtable will vote Oct. 15 on the final list of projects that will funded by the $6.1 billion expected from the penny sales tax that will authorized by the referendum.

The list of meetings through October includes: n Aug. 20, the Partnership for Southern Equity will train advocates on capacity building and discuss the commitment of time, effort and energy required.

The 11 a.m.–2 p.m. meeting takes place in the South DeKalb Community Room, at the Gallery at South DeKalb.

n Aug. 29, DeKalb’s District 7 Commissioner

Stan Watson is hosting a Redistricting & Transportation Town Hall Meeting at 7 p.m. at the Salem-Panola Library, 5237 Salem Road in Lithonia. n Sept. 16, ARC Roundtable meeting will take place 9 a.m.–11:30 a.m. in the ARC Amphitheater, Loudermilk Building, 40 Courtland St., Atlanta. n Sept. 20, there will be a Transportation Investment Act Community Briefing, 7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m. in Executive Conference Room – Level C, Loudermilk Building, 40 Courtland St. in Atlanta. n Sept. 29, the full ARC Roundtable will meet 9 a.m.–11:30 a.m. ARC Amphitheater, Loudermilk Building, 40 Courtland St. in Atlanta.

First candidate for DeKalb CEO throws hat in ring cial election to fill the DeKalb ComGregory Adams, a former mission super district seat that was DeKalb police officer and longtime being vacated by Connie Stokes. He DeKalb resident, has announced did not qualify for the race, which his candidacy for DeKalb County was won by Stan Watson.

CEO in 2012.

Adams is an Army veteran who Adams, who is not to be condid active duty between February fused with DeKalb Superior Court 1983 and February 1986 and the Judge Gregory A. Adams, joined Individual Ready Reserve from 1986 the DeKalb Police force in 2007.

Gregory Adams to 1989 before being honorably He said he resigned this year to discharged. run for office.

He is also an ordained minister in the In April 2010, Adams filed declaration with the DeKalb Election Office for the spe- True Church of God in Christ Inc. and says

RaceTrac reps

still listening

Atlanta-based RaceTrac attorney Kathy Zickert said no decision has been made on building a $2.5 million gas station and convenience store on a blighted corner of Wesley Chapel Road in Decatur, but she is still making the rounds of community meetings.

Zickert was at the Aug. 6 DeKalb Community Meeting hosted by Commissioner Stan Watson talking about a gas station for the corner even though she told residents Kathy Zickert at a July 13 community meeting that RaceTrac has put its plans on hold.

Zickert said no decision has been made on whether to go forward with the project or not. “I don’t care what you’ve read or what you’ve heard or what you’ve seen that has been circulating. The decision has not been made,” she said.

She said RaceTrac, which owns two lots on the corner, is trying to participate in the corridor’s Livable Centers Initiative.

“We are trying to get feedback from everyone in the community,” she said. “We’re listening. We’re not trying to steamroll anything.”

he has lived in DeKalb for more than 20 years.

Adams says he has observed the negative changes that have occurred consistently in DeKalb. He says he has attended multiple community meetings and has heard the voice of the people.

“The people of DeKalb County are tired of being ignored, looked over and in the words of one DeKalb resident, ‘disrespected,’” he said.

He is the first candidate to announce for the seat held by CEO Burrell Ellis.

7th-grader faces multiple charges over loaded gun A Salem Middle School seventh-grader is in police custody facing weapons possession and two other charges for toting a loaded gun to school on Aug. 18.

The 14-year-old boy was arrested after leading his principal, Dr. Donald Mason, to the gun, which he had hidden behind the stage in the cafeteria of the Lithonia school.

DeKalb Schools spokesman Rodney Jenkins said that the boy, who is not identified because he is a juvenile, was seen playing with the loaded gun at about 8:45 a.m., just before school started at 8:50 a.m.

Students reported the incident and Mason located the boy, who showed him where he had hidden the gun.

The other charges the boy is facing are making terrorist threats and pointing a weapon.

Jenkins said no one was harmed in the incident and classes were not disrupted.

He also said that the school was not put on lockdown.

He said the school tried to reach the boy’s parents but their telephone rang without an answer. Jenkins said letters were sent home to parents Thursday and that Mason spoke to parents about the incident during the school’s open house, which took place that same night.

The last thing the community needed was “just another hospital.”

Sure a state-of-the-art facility close to home would be appreciated. But what was equally important was building a place that would remind patients of the care that had disappeared from healthcare. So beyond simply launching the first alldigital master planned hospital in Georgia, we set out to give patients everything from access to a talented pool of doctors and dedicated support staff, who would engage them in their treatment, to free parking and amazing food. See, before DeKalb Medical at Hillandale was even established, we asked ourselves, “What can we do differently? What can we do better than them?” And we still ask ourselves those two questions every day. Because as far as we’re concerned, good could never be good enough.

Memorial Drive cleanup Aug. 27 Stone Mountain residents, businesses and neighborhood groups will join DeKalb District 4 Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton to clean up Memorial Drive on Aug. 27.

The 8-to-11 a.m. Community Cleanup will start at Lot 8 on Georgia Perimeter College’s Clarkston campus. Barnes Sutton said they will pick up trash. “This is just one step in taking back our community and making sure this entire area is clean and beautiful.”

Georgia Perimeter College is at 662 N. Indian Creek Drive. For more information, call 404-371-3689 or e-mail onedekalb@ dekalbcountyga.gov.

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The first march targeted men, but Muhammad said it is now directed to families and especially youths 12 and up.

Bus riders needed for 16th Million Man March The Million Man March and Holy Day of Atonement is headed to Philadelphia this year, and the Nation of Islam is hoping to pack at least 20 buses from Atlanta for the 16th anniversary of the event, which is taking place Oct. 8-9.

Minister Sharrieff Muhammad, who is promoting the “Get on the Bus to See the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan” campaign in Georgia and three other Southern states – Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee ­– called 20 buses from Atlanta the minimum number they are aiming for.

“My goal is 50 buses,” he said Wednesday from Greenville, Miss., where he was visiting to organize support for the march, The Million Man March, which was first held on Oct. 16, 1995, attracted thousands of men to the Washington Mall where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech on Aug. 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

The first march targeted men, but Muhammad said it is now directed to families and especially youths ages 12 and up.

“What Minister Farrakhan has to say will have direct impact on their lives,” he said.

For the 16th anniversary of the march, Farrakhan, who will address the gathering, has made a national request for at least one bus from every city to attend the march to make it the largest gathering since

The Million Man March, first held in Washington in 1995, travels to different cities annually. The 16th anniversary march will take place in Philadelphia on Oct. 8-9.

the first Million Man March.

Muhammad said they are already on their way to filling the first Atlanta bus and that he is spending a week at a time on the road promoting the march.

Locally, buses will depart from 3642 Campbellton Road in southwest Atlanta and from other locations across metro Atlanta, including DeKalb County.

Muhammad said the departure location from DeKalb will be announced later.

The Million Man March travels to different cities annually.

Last year, it came to Atlanta, of-

ten described as “the City Too Busy to Hate.” This year, it is headed to Philadelphia, “the City of Brotherly Love.”

Muhammad said that getting on the bus for Philadelphia will avert regrets later.

“A lot of people did not get to go the first march and they were disappointed,” he said. “This time, they can go and avoid disappointments.”

The round-trip bus fare is $165.

Riders will depart the evening of Oct. 8 and travel through the night, arriving in Philadelphia the morning of Oct. 9. After a day of activi-

ties and Farrakhan’s speech, they will board the bus that evening for the return trip home.

Muhammad said that many of the youths who need to hear Farrakhan cannot afford the bus fare but that sponsors can help them get to Philadelphia.

“We need sponsorships for individuals or buses,” he said. “That way we can get the little brothers to go.”

To book a seat on the bus or for more information, contact Your Respect Life Bookstore, 1801-A Delowe Drive in Atlanta, or call 404-963-6659.

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Thursday that the district was finalizing arrangements to have Atkinson meet DeKalb parents, residents and stakeholders at a community meet and greet on Aug. 27 at 10 a.m. at the district’s administrative complex, 1701 Mountain Industrial Blvd. in Tucker.

In an Aug. 12 statement, Atkinson said it will be a privilege to work with the board and the district to build coalitions, and implement strategies to raise academic achievement.

“Together, we can improve test scores, raise graduation rates, and enhance student success in all educational environments,” she said.

School Board Chairman Tom Bowen said hiring a superintendent has been a long process, but that the board is confident that Atkinson is the best candidate to move the district forward.

“Dr. Atkinson is a highly respected and experienced educational leader with a proven record of lifting academic achievement in Lorain, Ohio, and in other districts where she has served,” he said. “The board is pleased to have her serve the children of our district.”

But in emails sent to DeKalb citizens, Jester and McChesney said they could not support her because they do not believe she is

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the best candidate to raise student achievement.

“This is the most important decision that has been made since I came on the board,” McChesney said. “We need to get it right based on an informed study of the facts available. It is too serious to go with only your ‘gut feeling’.”

Jester said she and McChesney spent hours researching the student achievement records of the candidates brought before them.

“I believe we saw several candidates with significantly better records of student achievement,” she wrote.

But District 7 board member Donna Edler said that all Donna Edler things considered, Atkinson moved to the top of the list because she was the best of the candidates considered.

“Every candidate has pluses and minuses,” she said. “We looked at a host of candidates and everybody might have had their favorite but she was the one who received a consensus.” Edler said all board members had a role in the selection process that brought the board to this point.

“I have come to understand that there is no super candidate,”

she said. “And that no candidate will get a unanimous vote with this board.”

This week, bloggers raised concerns about the board’s choice of Atkinson. They say she lacks experience in large school districts and that the 7,600-student Lorain City Schools district is tiny compared to DeKalb’s 98,300 students. They point out that Lorain also has one high school compared to DeKalb’s 20, and 955 full-time employees, to DeKalb’s 13,000.They also point out that Lorain City Schools is on “academic watch.”

District 5 Board member Jay Cunningham said that Atkinson has large-district experience having worked with the 125,000 CharlotteMecklenburg Schools district.

He said that she also took a district with 85 percent poverty that was failing and within four years was able to move it forward.

“That is the candidate I am voting for and that is the candidate I am behind,” he said.

In a statement, Atkinson said she has led improvements while working in other school systems.

“In the Kansas City, Missouri School District, I increased the number of AP courses offered,” she said. “In the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District, I was responsible for leading the team to design a school accountability model which

measured the implementation of a standards-based curriculum, having student performance matched with teacher and administrator performance.”

Opponents also point out that on her DeKalb Schools application, Atkinson checked “no” on the question that asked if she had ever been involved, or currently involved, or anticipate involvement in litigation either as the plaintiff/complainant or defendant/respondent.

U.S. Bankruptcy records show that Atkinson filed for bankruptcy in 1997. She and her husband Terrence Atkinson filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, and that as superintendent, she was named in lawsuits against the district.

David Schutten, the Organization of DeKalb Educators president, said Atkinson is very qualified for the job.

“She has the experience of working with children in low poverty areas and improving academic achievement,” he said. “We need someone who can raise the morale and student achievement gradually and there is nothing about her that says she can’t do that.”

Schutten said he is frustrated by Jester and McChesney’s comments and said school board members should stop fighting each other and come together so the school system can move forward.

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Voters in DeKalb and nine other metro counties will decide next year whether to approve a 1-cent sales tax.

Johnson says DeKalb residents won’t settle for bus stations in lieu of rail DeKalb roadway projects included in the final list: n I-85 North at I-285 interchange improvements in DeKalb, $53 million (includes some federal funds). n Decatur to Clifton Corridor transit connectivity and safety improvements for bikes and pedestrians, $5 million. n Ashford Dunwoody Road from Peachtree Road to I-285 North, corridor improvements, $5 million. n Buford Highway from Lenox Road to Shallowford Terrace pedestrian, landscape and bus rapid transit improvements, $12 million. n Clifton Road at CSX Railroad bridge replacement and improvements to Haygood Road, $25 million.

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n College Avenue from Adair Street to North Clarendon Avenue corridor improvements, $5 million.

Monday’s unanimous vote by the Atlanta Regional Transportation Roundtable Executive Committee came after four hours of negotiations.

n Glenwood Road from SR 155 (Candler Road) to Covington Highway corridor improvements, $5 million.

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n Hayden Quarry Road/Sigman Road extension from Turner Hill Road to I-20 East, new alignment, connects Rockdale County to the Mall at Stonecrest, $27 million.

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ones that got the most money skipped steps.”

May said the funds were largely split 50-50 between transit and road projects regionally when many had hoped for a higher percent for transit projects.

“I hope between now and October the governor will give a nudge for more transit,” he said. “We have to get away from 50-50.”

Jim Durrett, MARTA board chairman, said 55 percent of the $6.14 billion is earmarked for transit projects.

“You need to make your case over the next two months,” he told the commissioners at the briefing.

May also pointed out that other new transit projects on the recommended list will compete with the I-20 project for federal funds.

Scott said decisions on prioritizing federal capital programs are made at the regional level now, not just by MARTA and the local jurisdiction.

DeKalb’s share Altogether, almost $1.19 billion was allotted for projects in DeKalb County. The $700 million Clifton Corridor transit line that would connect train stations at Decatur and Lindbergh, and $264 million for DeKalb roadway projects also made the list of recommended projects.

Voters in DeKalb and nine other metro Atlanta counties will decide next year whether to approve a 1-cent sales tax to pay for the list of transportation projects approved by the full Regional Roundtable in October.

If approved, the tax would last for 10 years and raise an estimated $7.2 billion, of which $6.1 billion will be spent on the selected projects. The remaining $1.1 billion would be spent by the counties and cities where the tax was raised on local transportation projects of their choice.

Monday’s unanimous vote by the Executive Committee came after four hours of negotiations. Members had tried to approve the list on Aug. 11 but ended that meeting with projects totaling $6.56 billion.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed started Monday’s negotiations offering to cut $10 million from the city’s allocation for the Beltline transit loop. Other cuts accepted included the $47 million from the I-20/I-285 interchange project, which was dropped from the list.

One of the largest cuts made by the Executive Committee was ­$80 million for Georgia Regional Transportation Authority

Xpress bus service. That cut was proposed by Gov. Nathan Deal.

To make the sales tax funds stretch further for the 118 projects, the committee added federal funding commitments, almost $664 million from the Georgia Department of Transportation and $120 million from the Atlanta Regional Commission.

What will $225 million buy?

John Crocker, MARTA’s director of Regional Services Coordination, said Wednesday that with $225 million, MARTA will provide bus services from four transit centers to employment centers such as downtown Atlanta, midtown Atlanta and possibly others such as Perimeter Center throughout the day.

But Johnson, the commission’s presiding officer, said citizens don’t want bus stations.

“They want rail,” he said. “We still want rail; that is my stand.

“People have been waiting in line for a long time. We’ve been regional for a long time. We won’t settle.”

May pointed out that the Clifton Corridor rail project is partly in Atlanta.

“When we extended the MARTA tax, we were told I-20 will be a top priority,” he said.

“The Beltline and Cobb line have leapfrogged over it. The I-20 ridership numbers are as competitive as any.”

In April 2007, DeKalb approved an amendment to its contract with MARTA to extend the 1-cent MARTA sales tax until June 30, 2047, and then reduce it to one-half percent until the contract expires in 2057.

The amendment also added an I-20 East Bus Rapid Transit line to the Mall at Stonecrest and a Clifton Corridor transit segment to the Engineering Report that lists priority projects for applications for federal funding. Another amendment in 2008 substituted rail service for the BRT project along the I-20 East corridor.

How the committee decided Before the full Roundtable makes its final decision on Oct. 15 on which projects to include in the 2012 sales tax referendum, the public will have a chance to voice its opinions at a series of Roundtable public meetings.

One meeting is scheduled for Sept. 28 at DeKalb’s Maloof Auditorium in Decatur from 6 to 8 p.m. Because it’s a Wednesday night, which is Bible study night for many DeKalb churches, county commissioners said they would try to change the date.

Several commissioners, including District 7 Commissioner Stan Watson, who hosts a

n North Indian Creek Drive from SR 10 (Memorial Drive) to Montreal Road corridor improvements, $5 million. n North Druid Hills Road from SR 13 (Buford Highway) to U.S. 29 (Lawrenceville Highway) corridor improvements, $25 million. n Panola Road from Thompson Mill Road to Covington Highway corridor improvements, $30.3 million (includes federal funding). n Rockbridge Road from SR 10 (Memorial Drive) to SR 124 (Rock Chapel Road) corridor improvements, $7.5 million. n I-20 East at Panola Road interchange improvements, $21.2 million (includes federal funding). n Buford Highway/Peachtree Industrial Boulevard connector, new alignment and new bridge to connect GM site to Doraville and Chamblee, $25 million. n Perimeter Center Intelligent Transportation System, a network of more than 70 signals to relieve congestion, $1 million. n Mount Vernon Road from Fulton County line to Dunwoody Club Drive, corridor improvements, $12 million.

monthly first Saturday meeting at Chapel Hill Middle School in Decatur, also indicated at a work session this week that they may hold their own public meetings to discuss the transportation projects and sales tax.

Early in Monday’s meeting, Roundtable members voted unanimously to ask the governor to have the Transportation Investment Act amended so the sales tax would expire at the end of 10 years regardless of whether the projected revenues were collected in less

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time. The law now allows the state revenue commissioner to end the sales tax earlier if the revenue estimates were met before 10 years.

A staff report given at the Aug. 4 Executive Committee meeting estimates that Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties will generate the lion’s share of the sales tax revenues if the referendum passed. The report said the five counties are expected to generate $5.21 billion of the $6.14 billion.

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The nationwide goal for the Congressional Black Caucus jobs tour is to facilitate the hiring of 10,000 Americans.

Thousands brave 90-degree heat for chance at job openings

By Carla Parker

Thousands of people in search of jobs showed up at Atlanta Technical College on Thursday for a job fair hosted by U.S. Reps.

Hank Johnson and John Lewis and the Congressional Black Caucus, part of the “For the People” nationwide jobs initiative.

The men and women lined up in 90-degree weather at the Atlanta campus for hours for the opportunity to meet with 90 private and public employers who all had job openings, a requirement to participate.

During the long wait to get inside the building, more than 20 people were treated for heat exposure and exhaustion.

Johnson said people are desperate for work.

“Today the urgency of the crisis was on vivid display,” he said.

Terleatra Jacobs, 22, who is fresh out of college, waited for hours.

“I came out to see if I can find something where I can work my way up into the business,” said Jacobs, who lives in Decatur.

Terleatra Jacobs The May 2011 Clark Atlanta University graduate said she got her degree in fashion design and marketing and was hoping to find a job in the fashion industry.

“It’s a good job fair but it’s not catered to everyone,” she said. “They need more fashion jobs.”

The list of employers at the job fair included the U.S. departments of Labor, Agriculture, Corrections, Housing and

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson visited with job seekers waiting on line to get to the job fair he cohosted Rep. John Lewis on Aug. 18. The job fair attracted thousands of people who waited for hours.

Urban Development, Transportation and State; General Services Administration and the Office of Personnel Management; the Atlanta Workforce Development; Securities and Exchange Commission; and Coca-Cola, Sprint, Comcast, Google, NCR, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Microsoft, General

Electric, Starbucks, Waffle House, Pepsi and Gwinnett County School System.

Charis Wright of Lithonia, who graduated from Clayton State University with a degree in health care management, was looking for a job in the medical field or human resources.

The 25-year-old has a part-time job at the Mall at Stonecrest but was looking for a full-time job.

“I’m positive that I will find a job today,” she said. “I’m grateful that I have a part-time job and I hope the people who don’t have a job find one today and be encouraged to continue to go to other job fairs and find a job.”

The long lines of job hunters were reminiscent of 2009 when the economic downturn first took hold.

In July, Georgia’s unemployment rate rose to 10.1 percent with 30,200 jobs lost. It was 9.9 percent in June.

The state Labor Department said Thursday that July marked the 48th consecutive month Georgia has exceeded the national jobless rate, which is currently 9.1 percent.

Johnson said that in many communities, the Congressional Black Caucus is seeing unemployment rates above 16 percent. Its nationwide goal for the jobs tour is to facilitate the hiring of 10,000 Americans.

“Americans are suffering from heat exhaustion, lining up by the thousands for the opportunity to get a steady job,” Lewis said. “It’s a powerful illustration of these hard times.”

Johnson said the CBC, along with other progressive caucuses, is one of the few groups on Capitol Hill talking about creating jobs and the plight of the long-term unemployed.

“By hosting job fairs at home and proposing jobs legislation in Washington, we in the CBC continue to fight to ensure there are immediate economic opportunities in underserved communities.”

Creolaise returns focus to catering Free breakfast items at Chick-fil-A Creolaise Ballroom & Bistro owners Raymond and Terry Harrison have abandoned the restaurant business.

The couple scaled back operations at their New Orleans-style special events facility on Old Salem Road in Conyers on Aug. 1 and are no longer offering dinner and brunch at the location.

Instead, they said they are focusing on their catering business.

Raymond and Terry Harrison (right) with friend Pat Hardsty in “In the coming months, April. They are no longer running a restaurant at the facility. we will refocus on building the core aspect of our business that has been 1161 Old Salem Road.

“From time to time, we plan to bring responsible for our success over the last eight years – special events and celebratory occa- you first-class entertainment from artists like Maria Howell and Dr. Gordon Versions,” they said.

The Harrisons, who live in Decatur, nick,” they said.

Creolaise featured vocalist Howell and opened the elegant restaurant in April as an extension of their successful contract and Vernick, a jazz trumpeter and associate inhouse Creolaise Catering, launched in professor of music and the coordinator of 2003. Before that, they operated a part-time Jazz Studies at Georgia State University, at its Summer Jazz Series. catering business dating back to 1991.

For more information, visit www.creo They plan to continue offering live entertainment at the 2,800-square-foot facility at laiseballroom.com or call 770-483-0140.

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Between 5 and 9 p.m., customers can get a free three-count Chick-N-Minis on Aug. 25, free Breakfast Burrito on Sept. 1, and free Spicy Chicken Biscuit on Sept. 8.

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On Sept. 6-10, participating Chick-fil-A restaurants also are giving away a variety of free breakfast entrées to customers who make reservations at www.chick-fil-aforbreakfast .com beginning Aug. 29.

Customers can choose the Chick-fil-A restaurant where they will get their free breakfast entrée and the date, time and breakfast entrée they want.

New legal group touting education Phinia Aten, the group’s president; Residents of Rockdale and Caycie Dix, vice president; Sherri Newton counties now have a new Washington, treasurer; Constancia legal group looking out for them.

Davis, secretary; and Tami Wells NewRock Legal Society, a volThomas, parliamentarian. They untary minority bar association, took the oath of office from Supeinstalled members Aug. 19 at the rior Court Judge Horace Johnson.

Newton County Courthouse in New Rock will host its first Covington. public legal education program, The group will offer legal edu- Phinia Aten “Know Your Rights,” on Sept. 17 cation programming; provide client referrals, networking and mentoring for at the Nancy Guinn Memorial Library in attorneys; and promote civic involvement to Conyers. The free program will help the comenhance members’ professional and personal munity understand key legal concepts and procedures involved in common legal issues development.

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“While there are no human West Nile virus cases in DeKalb, there is a confirmed human case in Georgia – in the Savannah area.”

Flu shots available this month from Board of Health centers Fall is just around the corner and so is flu season.

To help residents stay healthy, public health officials are recommending a flu shot for everyone 6 months and older, and the DeKalb Board of Health will begin offering flu shots on Aug. 29.

This year’s vaccine targets the same virus strains as last year’s, but DeKalb’s District Health Director S. Elizabeth Ford says everyone still needs to get a flu shot this season.

“This is because the immunity from last year’s shot may now be too low to protect you during the flu season,” she said.

The 2011-12 vaccine will protect against the H1N1 (type A), H3N2 (type A) and type B influS. Elizabeth Ford enza viruses.

In addition to the standard flu vaccine, Fluzone high-dose will be available. It creates a stronger immune response in people 65 years and older than the standard vaccine.

There are specific groups at high risk of being hospitalized or dying from flu complications: children 6 months and older, adults 65 and older, and pregnant women. Also at high risk are individuals with the following conditions: n Asthma (even if it’s controlled or mild). n Neurological and neurodevelopmental conditions, including disorders of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerve and muscle, such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy (seizure disorders), stroke, intellectual disability (mental retardation), moderate to severe developmental delay, muscular dystrophy and spinal cord injury. n Chronic lung disease, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cystic fibrosis.

Flu vaccinations are recommended for everyone 6 months old and older. This year’s vaccine targets the same strains as last year’s, but residents still need to get a flu shot this season.

n Heart disease, such as congenital heart

disease, congestive heart failure and coronary artery disease. n Blood disorders, such as sickle cell disease. n Endocrine disorders, such as diabetes mellitus. n Kidney disorders. n Liver disorders. n Metabolic disorders. n Weakened immune system due to disease or medication (such as people with HIV, AIDS or cancer and those on chronic steroids). n People younger than 19 years who are receiving long-term aspirin therapy. n People who are morbidly obese (having a body mass index of 40 or greater).

West Nile virus still poses a threat The West Nile virus is still around, and the DeKalb Board of Health is urging residents to guard against exposure to its carriers – mosquitoes.

The board said this week that a growing number of West Nile virus-positive insects have been found in the county than in past years and residents should take precautions to protect themselves and their families by using insect repellent and eliminating standing water outside their homes.

“While there are no human West Nile virus cases in DeKalb, there is a confirmed human case in Georgia – in the Savannah area,” District Health Director S. Elizabeth Ford said in an Aug. 18 statement.

The board said that there is an 80 percent chance that an infected person will not have

any symptoms.

About 20 percent of infected people will have mild symptoms like fever, headache, body aches, nausea, vomiting and sometimes swollen lymph glands or a skin rash. Less than 1 percent of West Nile infections will involve severe symptoms such as a high fever, headache, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, vision loss, numbness and paralysis. Some of these effects can be permanent and can lead to death.

Anyone can become sick, but those ages 50 and older are at highest risk for becoming seriously ill.

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The DeKalb Board of Health’s fees are as follows: n Flu vaccination: $20 (covered by Medicaid, Medicare and PeachCare for Kids). n Flu vaccination for Vaccines for Childreneligible children: $14.81. n Fluzone high dose: $40 (covered by Medicare).

The Vaccines for Children program provides low-cost flu vaccines for uninsured and under-insured children ages 18 and younger.

To see if your child is eligible, call your Board of Health center.

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Individuals with health insurance from United Healthcare or Cigna through the State Health Benefit Plan can receive their flu vaccination at any Board of Health location.

Please bring your card.

Good hygiene practices also can help reduce the spread of the flu. These include washing hands often, coughing into your sleeve, using a disinfectant to clean shared surfaces like doorknob handles, and staying home when you have flu-like symptoms.

Symptoms of influenza are a cough, sore throat, headache, fatigue, runny or stuffy nose, and body aches. Diarrhea and vomiting also may occur and are more common in children than in adults.

Flu vaccinations are available on a walkin basis Monday through Friday from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the following Board of Health locations: n Clifton Springs Health Center, 3110 Clifton Springs Road, Decatur; 404-244-2200. n East DeKalb Health Center, 2277 S. Stone Mountain-Lithonia Road, Lithonia; 770484-2600. n North DeKalb Health Center, 3807 Clairmont Road N.E., Chamblee; 770-454-1144. n T.O. Vinson Health Center, 440 Winn Way, Decatur; 404-294-3762. n Refugee Health Services, Richardson Health Center, 445 Winn Way, Decatur; 404-294-3818.

On-site flu clinics are available for businesses and faith-based and civic groups with 10 people or more. Call the nearest health center to arrange for an immunization team to come to your work site, organization or place of worship. For more information about the flu vaccination program, visit www. dekalbhealth.net or call 404-508-7871.

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August 20, 2011

“If we value clean air and water ... we have to actively cultivate the next generation of people who will care for our world.”

Arabia Mountain seniors get close and personal with nature Thirteen Arabia Mountain High School seniors joined teens from around the country as summer interns on nature preserves in South Georgia and in Rhode Island, Tennessee and North Dakota as part of the Nature Conservancy’s Leaders in Environmental Action for the Future program.

During the monthlong LEAF internships, the teens swapped Twitter and tweets for the chirping of real birds in the wild.

This year marked the first time that the LEAF internships were awarded to students outside the New York area, thanks to generous support from the Toyota USA Foundation.

The students selected were sent to various spots around the nation to explore and work in the great outdoors.

Three Arabia Mountain girls – Jamee Carroll, Desiree Evans and Tamera Martin – traveled to Shady Valley, Tenn., to weed cranberry bogs, track box turtles and work in a community garden; and Niniola Mark, Adaeze Omekam and Chanita Sulph went to the Block Island Preserve in Rhode Island.

Four Arabian Mountain boys – Charles Glover, Anthony Goring, Brandon Levester and Nile Pitts – flew to North Dakota to help maintain fences, remove invasive plants, and help with research, while Brandon Harris, Rashad Paynes and Ian Pellom worked at Moody Forest near Baxley in South Georgia.

LEAF is working to develop the next generation of environmental leaders. It provides many of the seniors with their first paying job. Other milestones for many of the interns included their first time away from home, their first s’mores, and their first adventure in a canoe.

Brigitte Griswold, the Nature Conservancy’s director of youth programs, said childhood for today’s youth is vastly different from what older generations remember, with kids 8 to 18 years old devoting an average of seven hours and 38 minutes to entertainment media in a typical day, or more than 53 hours a week.

“We can’t assume that kids today are chasing fireflies or playing in the snow,” Griswold said. “If we value clean air and water, parks and wild places for recreation, and the many benefits we get from protecting our natural resources, we have to actively cultivate the next generation of people who will care for our world.”

The LEAF program also seeks to diversify the future of the environmental movement, and the Conservancy said that Arabia Mountain, located in Lithonia, was the perfect fit.

Griswold said tomorrow’s conservationists will come from a more ethnically diverse population.

“These kids, our current LEAF interns, will be in the prime of their careers when the population of the United States shifts,” Griswold said. “Projections estimate Caucasians will be the minority by 2050. We have to expand the way we think about conservation and be relevant to more people.”

The South Georgia interns also included three boys from New York. They and the Arabia Mountain High teens worked with Conservancy scientists to remove invasive plants, document burrows of rare gopher tortoises, and learn about forest ecology.

LEAF interns helped with research and explored the great outdoors at nature preserves in four states, including Moody Forest near Baxley in South Georgia.

They lived and worked on the preserve and spent their weekends canoeing on the Altamaha River, visiting Georgia’s beaches and making lasting friendships. Along with two mentors, they budgeted their expenses together and planned meals and recreation activities.

Brandon Harris, a senior at Arabia Mountain High and a LEAF intern at Moody Forest, said that they bonded over building a bridge along a hiking trail and stargazing at night.

“These guys – we will always be friends,” he said. “We have a connection that will hold.”

The students are back for the 2011-2012 school year – their senior year.

More than 400 young people who have graduated from the LEAF program have gone on to college. The Conservancy says many continue to work in conservation.

Upon his return home and to computers, Ian Pellom tweeted: “This has been, with no doubt about it, the best summer of my life.”

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The family musical “Madeline’s Christmas” is auditioning for pint-sized girl singers for its return to the Horizon Theater in December.

Auditions begin for yule musical Aspiring young actresses who also sing can audition this month for roles in Horizon Theatre and Atlanta Children’s Theatre’s production of the family holiday musical “Madeline’s Christmas.”

Girls ages 8-plus with a maximum height of 60 inches (5 feet) can audition on Aug. 27 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Aug. 28 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Aug. 31 from 6 to 9 p.m. To schedule an audition appointment, contact the Atlanta Children’s Theatre at www.atlantachildrenstheatre .com/auditions.

“Madeline’s Christmas,” adapted from Ludwig Bemelmans’ beloved book of the same title, is set in an old house in Paris covered with vines where “12 little girls in two straight lines” live and get a holiday adventure beyond their wildest dreams.

The production, which is back by

popular demand, is directed by Heidi Cline McKerley with book and lyrics by Jennifer Kirkeby and music by Shirley Mier.

For the audition, child actors must prepare an upbeat one- to two-minute song from a musical (bring an accompaniment CD – no a cappella singing) and provide 8-by-10 head shots or other photographs.

The musical also is casting one male and two female adult actors.

The rehearsal period is from Sept. 24 to Dec. 9.

The show opens Dec. 10 to Jan. 1 at Horizon Theatre, 1083 Austin Ave. N.E. at Euclid Avenue and Austin in Little Five Points.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for children.

To view a “how-to-audition” video, visit www.atlantachildrenstheatre.com /auditions.

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August 20, 2011

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“We mix music with a message during the Senior Ball. Our seniors leave educated, enlightened and entertained.”

PGA exhibit honors pioneer black golfers Senior Ball promises History buffs and golf aficionados can delve into the history of AfricanAmerican golf at “Celebrating AfricanAmerican Golf Pioneers,” an exhibit at the CNN Center Atrium through Aug. 31.

The 18-by-10-foot exhibit chronicles the accomplishments of AfricanAmericans, both nationally and in the metro Atlanta community in conjunction with the playing of the 93rd PGA Championship in Johns Creek.

It is hosted by PGA of America and the United States Golf Association and includes video tributes to black golf pioneers as well as a golf club used by Ted Rhodes, one of the standout performers of the United Golfers Association, which conducted tournaments for black golfers for decades in the 1900s.

Allen Wronowski, PGA of America’s president, said that across the game of golf, they are dedicated to showcasing the storied history of African-Americans in golf and the paths to equal rights they blazed along the way.

“We are proud to partner with the USGA in bringing the citizens of Atlanta an exhibit that pays tribute to the significant and heroic contributions made by individuals to build avenues of diversity in the game,” he said.

The exhibit, which is free to see, spans the achievements of James Shippen, the first African-American to play in a U.S. Open in 1896; Lee Elder, the first black golfer in the Masters in 1975; Bill Powell, the only African-American to design, build, own and operate a golf course; boxing legend Joe Louis, who became the first African-American to play in a PGA Tour event; Tiger Woods,

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The “Celebrating African-American Golf Pioneers” exhibit pays tribute to golfers such as (clockwise from left) James Shippen, Bill Powell, Harold Dunovant and Lee Elder.

the first African-American to win a major golf championship, at the 1997 Masters, and the first to win the 1999 PGA Championship.

It also acknowledges PGA pro William Lewis, the men’s golf coach

at Morehouse College, and Jeff Dunovant, PGA director of instruction at the First Tee at East Lake, vice president of development of Sydmar Golf Inc., and board chairman/president of the National Black Golf Hall of Fame.

Dunovant and his father, the late Harold Dunovant, are the only black father and son Class A professional members of the PGA of America to date.

Dunovant called the exhibit a powerful tribute that supports the impact of diversity in golf. “It is particularly exciting to see the exhibit honor our contributions as it runs parallel to the 93rd PGA Championship.”

DeKalb seniors ages 60 and older will be stepping out in style for an evening of entertainment and enlightenment at the 2011 Senior Ball at the DeKalb Tech Conference Center in Clarkston on Aug. 27.

The black-tie event, which is free to attend, is hosted by District Attorney Robert James.

It includes a resource fair and features an interactive session led by James to educate participants about Robert James precautions that seniors can take to minimize theft, crime, abuse and exploitation.

James says the Senior Ball is a “perfect platform to educate DeKalb’s seniors about issues of elder abuse, exploitation, consumer fraud, and telemarketing scandals while also making them aware of valuable community resources dedicated for the elder community.”

“We mix music with a message during the Senior Ball,” James said. “Our seniors leave educated, enlightened and entertained.”

The event begins with a comprehensive resource and information fair from 5 p.m. until 6 and continues with an interactive safety program known as the S.A.F.E. Game.

James says crimes against seniors have become a major issue in our area and across the nation.

“With DeKalb having one of the fastest-growing senior populations in the state and with an aging baby boomer population nationwide, we have to find ways to connect with our seniors and educate them on crimes targeted at the elderly,” he said.

Space is limited for the ball and R.S.V.P. is required by contacting Clarissa Brown at cjbrown@dekalbcounty ga.gov or 404-371-4961.

To serve as a sponsor, contact Erik Burton at eh burton@dekalbcountyga.gov. Sponsorship levels start at $250.

The DeKalb Tech Conference Center is at 495 N. Indian Creek Drive in Clarkston.

Golf classic benefits Cancer Center Golfers will tee off on Aug. 29 for the Charles B. Eberhart Memorial Golf Classic at Peachtree Golf Club in Atlanta.

Proceeds from the 17th annual tournament support DeKalb Medical’s Cancer Center, recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons.

Registration for the morning flight begins at 7 a.m. with a shotgun start at 8. The afternoon flight’s registration begins at noon with a 1 p.m. shotgun start. A reception and awards ceremony at the clubhouse will follow the afternoon flight.

The classic is hosted by DeKalb Medi-

cal Foundation. Executive Director Leigh Minter said the Cancer Center uses an interdisciplinary approach to offer each patient state-of-the-art therapies within a compassionate, individualized treatment plan. “Our coordinated program of cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and support addresses the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of our patients,” she said.

Peachtree Golf Club is at 4600 Peachtree Road. For sponsorship opportunities or to register, visit www.dekalbmedical.org/Main/ FoundationNews.aspx and click on the 2011 golf brochure, e-mail leigh.minter@dekalb medical.org or call 404-501-5764.

North DeKalb Mall Idol contest seeks singers Singers who are 29 years and older can audition on Sept. 3 for a chance to win a $500 grand prize in North DeKalb Mall’s four-week Adult Idol Competition.

Auditions will be held at the Idol Studio inside the mall, next to Burlington Coat Factory. The audition fee is $25.

Shows will be held Saturdays from Sept.

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Each week a panel of judges will decide which contestants advance to the next round of competition. There will be prizes for the audience each week.

North DeKalb Mall is at 2050 Lawrenceville Highway in Decatur. To schedule an audition, call 404-235-6444.

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August 20, 2011

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$

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$

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299

$

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NEw 2011 LINCoLN MKZ

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or

$

lease For

With Per Month

$

0

Due at Signing

lease for 36 months, with $0 due at signing, including $0 security dePosit, 10,500 miles Per year, 20¢ Per mile thereafter with aPProved credit. includes tax, tag, and title.

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399

$

199

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Brand New 2011 Ford

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$

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499

$

lease For

With Per Month

$

0

Due at Signing

lease for 36 months, with $0 due at signing, including $0 security dePosit, 10,500 miles Per year, 20¢ Per mile thereafter with aPProved credit. includes tax, tag, and title.

24.95

NEw 2011 LINCoLN MKs

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MSRP $42,325 • VIN#1LNHL9DR5BG611641

With This Ad!

Must present this coupon at time of sale. Not in conjunction with any other offers. Expires month end.

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BUY FOR

199

$

peR mOnth Not a Lease, You OwN It!

Service Department

open 7am-7pm

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to help with all of your service needs at a reasonable price.

prices plus, Tax, Tag And Title.

incluDeS all makeS anD moDelS!

Sale price ...........

15,888

$

5675 Peachtree Industrial Blvd

770-621-0200

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I-20, Exit Wesley Chapel To Snapfinger Woods Drive Service Hours: Monday-Saturday 7AM-7PM

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499

$

lease For

With Per Month

$

0

Due at Signing

lease for 36 months, with $0 due at signing, including $0 security dePosit, 10,500 miles Per year, 20¢ Per mile thereafter with aPProved credit. includes tax, tag, and title.

Prices Plus, Tax, Tag And Title.

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(770) 621-0200

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